Diet Soda

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  • mallorycutting
    mallorycutting Posts: 18
    Drinking diet soda causes us to hold fuild, so we always feel like we are bloated from all the sodium in the drink. I enjoy my diet pepsi, but personally I cut back on drinking it for a month, felt like my pants weren't so tight around the waist. I allow myself a bottle of diet soda on the weekend.

    There is barely any sodium in pop... most likely the carbination is what is affecting you.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    It just makes you want to eat more, I think. I basically lived off diet coke for several years, and then I just...stopped. I drink water and couple of cups of coffee instead, which has been much helpful far as losing weight goes.

    Not me it does not.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    :flowerforyou: Artificial sweeteners, just like regular sugar, in large amounts is not recommended. There have been claims but nothing to substantiate the claims that it causes cancer so that is not the concern.

    http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/artificial-sweeteners

    Agreed - there is nothing substantiated

    HOWEVER there are many inquiries as to it halting weight loss, and in some cases lead to weight gain. It is also important to always remember everything in Moderation.

    There is no evidence that a zero calorie beverage will directly cause weight gain
    http://drhyman.com/blog/conditions/artificial-sweeteners-could-be-sabotaging-your-diet/

    The only study referenced in this article was on rats and did not conclude anything
    http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/09/research-artificial-sweetners-no-silver-bullet-for-losing-weight/

    This relates to the calorie intake of people not logging food. It does not prove that they cause weight gain but indicates that they may cause some people to eat more if they are not tracking their food. Which for a vast number of people on this site is irrelevant.
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/284558-will-i-lose-weight-if-i-stop-drinking-diet-soda/

    Same as above. Correlation not causation.

    ETA: not trying to be argumentative here - just trying to show that these studies either do not conclude anything or are about correlation and not causation i.e. there is no direct impact on your weight gain/loss but there may be an indirect one if you do not track your food and if the sweetness triggers a higher calorie intake.

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